Statshot: Justices’ Decisions; Energy Drinks; Kilian Jornet

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David Goldenberg

Mar 7, 2014 4:52 pm ET

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The members of the U.S. Supreme Court

This week in Statshot, there’s little correlation between Supreme Court justices’ talkativeness and the number of opinions they end up writing; despite increased scrutiny from the Food and Drug Administration, energy drinks saw an almost 7% increase in sales in 2013; and last year, Spanish ultrarunner Kilian Jornet set speed records for ascending three major mountains.